Data Breach Today
JULY 18, 2022
IBM Security's Chris McCurdy Discusses Future Security Scenarios Cyberattacks aren't just an annoyance but have real-world effects. Case in point: ransomware attacks on Colonial Pipeline and on food processor JBS. IBM Security's Chris McCurdy discusses these developments and security scenarios emerging from the cyber-physical fusion.
Krebs on Security
JULY 18, 2022
The 911 service as it exists today. For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. 911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 18, 2022
Also: CISA's 18% Budget Increase; Software Bill of Materials Challenges Venable's Grant Schneider and Jeremy Grant and ISMG editors discuss progress at the U.S. federal level in developing legislation for digital identity, the significance of an 18% increase in funding for CISA in fiscal year 2023 and the challenges of expanding the use of software bills of materials.
Dark Reading
JULY 18, 2022
Tools purporting to help organizations recover lost passwords for PLCs are really droppers for malware targeting industrial control systems, vendor says.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Data Breach Today
JULY 18, 2022
Thieves Plant Malicious Code to Compromise Website, Trick Users Hackers used a vulnerability in an NFT collection platform to trick users into letting them drain their wallets. Thieves walked away with at least 314 NFTs worth about $375,000, an amount placing the incident among the year's largest NFT hacks. Some users also saw a Rickroll video.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 18, 2022
A $2 billion fund to root out equipment from Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE operating within small and rural U.S. telecoms isn't enough to cover costs, the Federal Communications Commission informed Congress. The program's full cost is closer to $5 billion, wrote FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel.
Data Matters
JULY 18, 2022
Join Sidley and OneTrust DataGuidance for Part two of the “Data Regulation Ramps Up in Europe” webinar series, where our panel will discuss legislative proposals, including the Artificial Intelligence Act, the Data Act, and the Data Governance Act (DGA). In proposing these laws, the European Commission’s ambitious Digital and Data Strategy aims to address the legal, ethical, and technological complexities of AI, as well as the use of personal and non-personal data across the economy
Data Breach Today
JULY 18, 2022
Thales Plans to Extend OneWelcome Beyond Europe and into North America and Asia Thales plans to enter the customer identity and access management market through its purchase of an emerging European CIAM player. The French firm plans to capitalize on OneWelcome's strong product by extending its footprint beyond Europe and into North America and Asia-Pacific.
Dark Reading
JULY 18, 2022
Linus Torvalds says Retbleed has been addressed in the Linux kernel, but code complexity means the release will be delayed by a week to give more time for testing.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
Data Breach Today
JULY 18, 2022
A new assessment framework aims to help patients, healthcare providers and others examine the various privacy, security and other risks of digital health technologies, says Tim Andrews of the nonprofit Organization for the Review of Care and Health Applications, which co-developed the framework.
KnowBe4
JULY 18, 2022
Researchers at Akamai have discovered a PayPal phishing kit that attempts to steal victims’ identities as well as their financial information. The phishing page looks identical to Paypal’s login page, and asks users to solve a captcha before entering their username and password. The researchers note that asking for the captcha can instill a sense of trust in the user, since they feel like the site is asking for security measures.
Dark Reading
JULY 18, 2022
An ongoing campaign is actively targeting the vulnerability in the Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addon, which is still installed on up to 8,000 sites, security analysts warn.
Security Affairs
JULY 18, 2022
Cybercriminals released a new MLNK Builder 4.2 tool for malicious shortcuts (LNK) generation with an improved Powershell and VBS Obfuscator. Resecurity, Inc. (USA), a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 worldwide, has detected an update of one of the most popular tools used by cybercriminals to generate malicious LNK files, so frequently used for malicious payloads delivery nowadays.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
Dark Reading
JULY 18, 2022
AI's potential for automating security has promise, but there are miles to go in establishing decision-making boundaries.
Security Affairs
JULY 18, 2022
The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5, which introduces functionalities to automatically bypass censorship. The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5 , the new version of the popular privacy-oriented browser implements new features to fight censorship. With previous versions of the browser, circumventing censorship of the Tor Network itself was a manual process that required users to dive into Tor Network settings and chose a bridge to unbloc
Dark Reading
JULY 18, 2022
How a well-meaning employee could unwittingly share their identity with other users, causing a whole range of problems across IT, security, and the business.
Threatpost
JULY 18, 2022
Google removed eight Android apps, with 3M cumulative downloads, from its marketplace for being infected with a Joker spyware variant.
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Dark Reading
JULY 18, 2022
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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 18, 2022
NIST Announced Four Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms. divya. Mon, 07/18/2022 - 13:10. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected the first collection of encryption tools designed to withstand the assault of a future quantum computer, which might compromise the security employed to preserve privacy in the digital systems we rely on.
ARMA International
JULY 18, 2022
As the world’s leading membership organization serving professionals who manage and govern information, ARMA is pleased to announce the release of its updated Information Governance Professional (IGP) Certification Exam. As of July 15 th , 2022, professionals in information governance, information management, as well as information security, technology, and privacy have access to the new and improved IGP Certification Exam. .
HID Global
JULY 18, 2022
Today’s RFID Tags Reach Deep Into Many Industries. niandolo. Mon, 07/18/2022 - 09:11.
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Dark Reading
JULY 18, 2022
Law enforcement estimates campaign has already bilked cryptocurrency investors out of $42.7 million.
Threatpost
JULY 18, 2022
Feds urge U.S. agencies to patch a Microsoft July Patch Tuesday 2022 bug that is being exploited in the wild by August 2.
Dark Reading
JULY 18, 2022
Telecom and business services see the highest level of attacks, but the two most common ransomware families, which continue to be LockBit and Conti, are seen less often.
Collibra
JULY 18, 2022
At Collibra, we’re on a mission to change the way that organizations use data so our customers can change the world. It’s ambitious and so are we. Inclusive by design, we’re a one-of-a-kind team spanning countries, backgrounds and perspectives. Together, we build from a foundation of respect and belonging. We are incredibly honored and excited to share that Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine have included Collibra as one of this year’s Best Workplaces for Millennials !
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
Jamf
JULY 18, 2022
At Jamf, we’re empowered to work how we work best… and no matter where we’re signing in from, we have the best tech for the job. Want to work from home? Pick your Apple technology package, and count on seamless connection to all the resources you need. Heading into the office? Our new employee ID in Apple Wallet makes coming and going easier than ever; your iPhone or Apple Watch is now your employee ID!
HID Global
JULY 18, 2022
How Better Product Usability Could Increase Ridership in Public Transit. atay. Mon, 07/18/2022 - 09:19.
Jamf
JULY 18, 2022
Listen to event specialists Jeff Ovik and Anna Hedstrom invoke the ghosts of JNUCs past and explain what this year’s hybrid conference in San Diego holds in store.
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